Keble Walk in the Park
Two critical first division games took place on Tuesday of first week as St Peter's ascendancy of Michaelmas term was overturned by Teddy Hall and Keble completed a comprehensive victory over Brasenose to get their Hilary campaign off to a superb start.
Sport: Making Waves in Greenland
On Thursday of 8th week in Michealmas term, I set off for colder climes - Greenland to be precise - with one other Oxford chap (Kelly Thornber, Balliol) and two Tabs, to do a charity swim of the distance of the English Channel to raise money for a girl, Terri, who had suffered 90 per cent burns in a house fire in Ipswich....
Sport: Cuppers Football Preview
While it's possible in Oxford collegiate football to ignore all the fatuous cliches and subtexts that afflict the cup competitions of the professional game, the wonderful self-contained quality of a cup final still lingers, infusing the vivid excitements of the other matches with unavoidable expectations of that final collision. ...
Sport: Ice Cool Blues
The six week break from training didn't show as the Blues started the term with a 6-0 win. Winger Felicity Bulmer gave the Blues an early lead when she received a pass from defender Dominique Chaput, carried it all the way up the ice and her wrist shot soared over the goalie's arm. Only seconds later Kristina Duffin passed to winger Lisa Villeneuve whose wraparound gave the Blues a 2-0 lead. ...
Sport: Easy Peasy Leban-easy
The second test of the tour was played at the University Stadium at Balamand, a fabulous brand new facility carved into the sheer mountain face. Playing at altitude, with several notable injuries to the Oxford side, notably prop James Woolrich, Liban Espoir appeared to have a real chance of causing a major upset....
Sport: SPC vs Teddy Hall, New Marston, Tuesday 20th January 2004
When followers of the college league wrote Teddy Hall off following their defeats at the hands of Keble, St Peter's and Brasenose last term, they must've known this result was a possibility. Thanks to the SEH back row of Edward Allen, Ben Chamberlain and captain Freddie Shepherd, the colossal amounts of SPC possession was all but nullified....
